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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "The Pilot" – "Hiroshima".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what date did Robert Oppenheimer and Leslie Groves first visit the Los Alamos Ranch School to examine it as a site for testing?
(a) October 8, 1942.
(b) November 16, 1942.
(c) December 18, 1942.
(d) October 21, 1939.

2. When did Klaus Fuchs sail for America to join the Manhattan Project?
(a) September, 1944.
(b) July, 1943.
(c) August, 1942.
(d) November, 1943.

3. How old was Paul Tibbets in the summer of 1944?
(a) 31.
(b) 35.
(c) 26.
(d) 29.

4. What was the name of the horse that Robert Oppenheimer kept at Los Alamos?
(a) Jackson.
(b) Ella.
(c) Chico.
(d) Cinder.

5. Who was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court at the time of F.D.R.'s death?
(a) Harlan Fiske Stone.
(b) Robert Serber.
(c) Joe Stevenson.
(d) Bob Wilson.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where were Eugene Wigner and Leo Szilard both born?

2. What was Moe Berg's profession prior to his work for the OSS in World War II?

3. Who informed Robert Oppenheimer about the German chemists finding the uranium could be split, according to the author in "The U Business"?

4. Who was the Army Counter-Intelligence officer that questioned Paul Tibbets before he met with General Uzal Ent in the summer of 1944?

5. How far was Oppeneheimer's bomb shelter from the blast site for the testing of the plutonium bomb?

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